Transformation Updates

Message from Chief Information Officer: Update on Ferrilli Project (6/29/22)

The following message is from Chief Information Officer Dr. Kellie B. Campbell: In our last communication, available on our transformation website, we provided an update that Ferrilli had neared completion of Business Process Reviews (BPRs) and were validating findings.  Since then, consultants have reviewed their initial assessments with functional teams to deliver official assessment and …

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IT Shared Service Update (6/24/22)

At the June 16, 2022, meeting of the Board of Trustees, Chief Information Officer Dr. Kellie Campbell presented a design strategy for an Information Technology (IT) Shared Services model and submitted an implementation timeline, which the Board approved.  Building an IT shared services model is part of the broader system strategy to build a shared …

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Transformation Update to Board of Trustees

On June 16, 2022, the Board of Trustees met in-person on the Castleton Campus. During the meeting they were provided with an update covering the first year of Transformation and preparing for the next stage. Major areas of progress include: The announcement of the leadership organizational structure for Vermont State University which was informed by …

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Student Experience Team Update (6/20/22)

We are very pleased to announce that the VermontState.edu microsite launched today, Monday June 20, 2022! This is the first iteration of the site with high-level branding and some detailed information to give prospective students, parents, counselors, and more a look at Vermont State University and what it holds for the future. The microsite will …

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Changes to Transformation Team Structures

To align with the leadership structure of the Vermont State University, we will be changing the structure of the transformation teams over the next few months. The core team structure will be shifted to have five teams that better match the purview of the new leaders: New Student Experience, Student Success, Academic Programs, Administrative Operations, …

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Vermont State University Leadership Structure

On June 1st, a communication was shared with the faculty and staff at Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Tech about the leadership structure of Vermont State University. We have a bold mission and vision to fulfill together as we launch the new University, and these changes will support this work and the transformation …

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Student Experience Team Update

It’s hard to believe that we are already into early June. Summer classes have started, and the weather is beautiful. The student experience teams are making great progress in their design work, and some have already moved into the development phase of transformation. Now that the new Vermont State University brand launch is behind us, …

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Academic Operations Team Update (6/6/22)

Faculty across our campuses are coming together this summer to work on several significant dimensions of transformation. This is in addition to the work taking place within academic operations transformation teams, such as advising. Faculty in many of the new academic departments-to-be for Vermont State University have been meeting to complete curriculum designs for optimized …

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Administrative Operations Team Update (6/6/22)

All Administrative Operations teams have completed initial discovery and begun the hard work of moving into the design phase. As they concluded Discovery, the Employee Services team provided an excellent summary of our strengths and areas of opportunity. They will be focusing first on student employment-related design work and will then move on to other …

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Workforce Development Team Update (6/6/22)

As part of discovery, the Workforce Development is wrapping up the key design principles that will serve as the foundation of the new division. Next week, Dr. Richard Rhodes, Chancellor of the Austin Community College system, will be joining us so we can learn more about their workforce efforts. He was a speaker at a …

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